About “One's-Self I Sing”

Whitman’s astonishingly great 1855 magnum opus Leaves of Grass is opened by this short but incisive introduction, which lays out the themes and buzzwords for the entirety of the text to follow: one’s self, democracy, and the tension between individuals and the collective; the body and the sensual coupling of male and female; the enjoyment of life and the holiness of personal agency; and, of course, singing, music.

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